IRISATING Antonyms

• providing freedom from worry

• affording comfort or solace

• soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe

• having or showing a kindly or tender nature

• quiet and soothing

• belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

• easily handled or managed

• having little impact

• marked by moderate steepness

• cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

• give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility

• stroke soothingly

• not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war

• peacefully resistant in response to injustice

• characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity

• free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound

• (of the sun) characterized by a low level of surface phenomena, such as sunspots

• a period of calm weather

• an untroubled state; free from disturbances

• the absence of sound

• a disposition free from stress or emotion

• with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly')

• not showy or obtrusive

• in a softened tone

• (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves

• become quiet or quieter

• make calm or still

• affording physical or mental rest

• not agitated; without losing self-possession

• completely clear and fine

• affording physical relief

• freeing from fear and anxiety

• (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves

• not agitated; without losing self-possession

• cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

• fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location)